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てくる (te kuru)

JLPT N4 Grammar List

to come to, to become, to continue, to do… and come back

 Formations 

Verb-てform + くる

 Examples  

私は戻ってくる
Watashi wa modotte kuru.
I’ll come back.

5時までに彼は帰ってくる
5-Ji made ni kare wa kaette kuru.
He’ll be back by five o’clock.

台風が近づいてきます
Taifū ga chikadzuite kimasu.
A typhoon is coming.

また希望が出てきた
Mata kibō ga detekita.
My hopes revived.

この伝統は何百年も続いてきました
Kono dentō wa nanbyakunen mo tsudzuite kimashita.
This tradition has continued for hundreds of years.

窓の灯が徐々に大きくなってきた
Mado no akari ga jojoni ōkiku natte kita.
The window lights grew slowly larger.

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